In which Virginia data centers can I have a dedicated server?
HostColor's most used data center facilities in Ashburn and in the state of Virginia are for the delivery of bare metal dedicated servers:
- CoreSite VA1: 12100 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20191
- Evoque: 21571 Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn VA 20147
- Equinix DC2: 21715 Filigree Court, Ashburn VA 20147
- Equinix DC3: 44470 Chilum Pl, Ashburn, VA 20147
- Equinix DC 10: 21551 Beaumeade Cir, Ashburn, VA 20147
- Databank IAD1: 21635 Red Rum Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147
- NTT VA1: 44664 Guilford Dr, Ashburn, VA 20147
- Most of the Equinix facilities in Virginia
Which OS can I use on my Dedicated Server in Ashburn?
The Ashburn Dedicated Servers hosted in the data centers located at 21571 Beaumeade Circle, 21571 Beaumeade Circle, 21830 Uunet Dr, 44470 Chilum Pl, 21551 Beaumeade Cir, and 21721 Filigree Ct in Ashburn and 12100 Sunrise Valley Dr, in Reston, can use any Linux OS distribution or a Windows OS. You can also install Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, or any other virtualization platform.
If you decide to use a Dedicated Server in Ashburn with Unrestricted Data Transfer, hosted in our Edge data center located at 524 Van Buren St. in Herndon Virginia you can choose between our "officially supported operating systems". They are Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Rocky Linux 9, Rocky Linux 8, Debian 12, RHEL (BYOL) 9.3, RHEL (BYOL) 9.0, RHEL (BYOL) 8.5, and RHEL (BYOL) 7.9. If you need to use virtual server environments on your NYC Edge server, you can install the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtualization technology in Ubuntu 20 (or Ubuntu 22) OS. VMM provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to create and run virtual machines with Linux or Windows operating systems.
Can I run Virtual Machines on my Ashburn Dedicated Server?
Yes. If you have an Edge bare metal server hosted in our data center at 524 Van Buren St in Herndon you can use the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtualization technology in Ubuntu 20 (or Ubuntu 22) operating system (OS) to create, run, and manage virtual machines with Linux or Windows operating systems.
If you have a dedicated server hosted in HostColor's other Virginia data centers you can run any Linux or Windows OS, or use Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, VirtualBox, OpenVZ, Kubernetes, Docker, or any other virtualization platform.
Can I have a Cloud PC on HC servers in Ashburn?
If you need a Cloud PC in Ashburn with a Microsoft Windows operating system, we will provide you with a bare-metal server with Proxmox VE virtualization platform. It will allow you to have multiple Ashburn-based Cloud PCs (aka Remote Desktops), each running Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 11. They can be accessed securely via Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
If you want to use a Linux-based Cloud PC, we recommend Peppermint OS. It is based on the Debian/Devuan repositories.
How does HC assign IP addresses on my Ashburn server?
Each Edge Dedicated server, hosted at the data center at 524 Van Buren St in Herndon is assigned its own IPv4 subnet ranging from /29 (8 IP addresses) to /24 (256 IPs). The first three IP addresses are used for the networking service of your server as follows: 1st IP address is for the router default gateway; 2nd IP address is reserved for router1; 3rd IP is reserved for router2. The 4th IP address is the main IP of your Edge Dedicated Server. Any additional IP addresses can be ordered from Accounts.HostColor.com and can be used for various services on your server.
All other dedicated servers hosted in our Ashburn data centers and all other Virginia-based facilities are assigned 1 usable IP address and can add additional IPs at any time.
Is HostColor an experienced and trustworthy provider?
HostColor's core team has been managing servers and IT infrastructures since 2000. As an organization, Host Color LLC has over 20 years of experience in the hosting industry. To illustrate HostColor's experience, consider these two facts: HostColor started hosting content management systems three years before WordPress was launched, and had already been providing virtual server hosting services for seven years when Amazon launched its AWS with the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). HostColor's team members have extensive experience with major operating systems, virtualization technologies, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and hundreds of open-source applications at any stage of their development and business lifecycles. You can rely on HostColor to install and maintain a secure, productive, and cost-effective technology environment on your Ashburn dedicated server.